This article marks my 100th blog entry here on 80cures.com. I thought this would be a good time to recall what brought me here in the first place, as well as consider the direction of this online scrapbook of mine.
Around the World in 80 Cures started really on the day I turned 40 in early 2012. Two big things in my life crossed roads at that time for me - I had started my career early and felt like I had surpassed reaching its pinnacle, and my children moved on, having finally reached adulthood.
I had always been in a mode of rushing to the finish line and needed to take time to readjust and to develop a virtue I had always lacked - patience. I chose to focus on learning about myself and things that interested me that weren't work-related...herbalism and Ethnobotany being amongst my new interests.
I seized an opportunity to visit Alaska, where I lived in an RV in a remote area for a month. There, I started learning about local folk remedies and herbal cures and began recording my adventures on the 80cures website, calling it the Around the World in 80 Cures.
I have since traveled several times in search of new treatments and for the sake of understanding different cultures' uses of their ethnobotanicals. It has been challenging and fun at the same time and I have really enjoyed logging my findings on this website, www.80cures.com.
There are now officially 26 cures in the 80 cures collection, more coming soon. At this pace, I don't know when I will finish this not-so-little project of mine...I hope I never do. :)
Lately it seems, I have been posting more on music, art and recipes, than cures and travel. But, I anticipate that it will continue to be a general mix of natural healing and meditation-type stuff, served up with the occasional sass and smileys. Lots of smileys. :)
One of the coolest things that has come out of my adventures, has been my exposure to some charities that I have been lucky enough to help. JustUsAtl being one of those groups. This organization is a youth-led group serving the local GLBT youth of Atlanta.
I have been lucky enough to meet these cool kids - an experience that has far surpassed the rewards of donating alone. So far, I have been helping them to raise awareness and money. As a part of this blog post, I am going to donate $100, $1 for each blog I've posted here, to their 1st Anniversary event this Saturday. Anyone can purchase a ticket and attend this dinner party or help them in lots of other ways - please visit them online at www.justusatl.com.
Well, there ya have it - 100 blogs posts. 100's more to come!
Enjoy! :)